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Burneside Hall, Burneside
Burneside Hall
locality:-   Burneside
civil parish:-   Strickland Roger (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD51039596
1Km square:-   SD5196
10Km square:-   SD59


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BJR13.jpg (taken 3.8.2005)  
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BSA69.jpg (taken 29.1.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 16) 
placename:-  Burneside Hall
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Burniside hall
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Burniside hall"
in  "Strickland Roger and Kettle"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"Hall"
house 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Burneside Hall
source data:-   Photograph, Burneside Hall from the North West, Strickland Roger, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1894.
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Vol.2 no.143 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "143. Burneside Hall from the North West. Kendal. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.37
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Burneside Hall
item:-  chimney
source data:-   Photograph, Burneside Hall from the North East, Strickland Roger, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1895.
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HB0144.jpg
Vol.2 no.144 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "144. Burneside Hall from the North East. Kendal. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.38
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Burneside Hall
item:-  gateway
source data:-   Photograph, Burneside Hall, Gateway, Strickland Roger, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1894.
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HB0145.jpg
Vol.2 no.145 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "145. Burneside Hall. Gateway. Kendal. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.39
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Bell 1880s-1940s
placename:-  Burneside Hall
item:-  gatehouse
source data:-   Photograph, Burneside Hall, the Gatehouse from the Courtyard, Strickland Roger, Westmorland, by Herbert Bell, photographer, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1894.
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HB0146.jpg
Vol.2 no.146 in an album, Examples of Early Domestic and Military Architecture in Westmorland, assembled 1910. 
ms at bottom:-  "146. Burneside Hall. The Gatehouse from the Courtyard. Kendal. K."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1958.3166.40
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Burneside Hall
source data:-   Print, plan and early sketch of Burneside Hall, Burneside, Strickland Roger, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Tipped in between pp.180-181 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.28
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Burneside Hall
source data:-   Print, plan of Burneside Hall, Burneside, Strickland Roger, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Tipped in between pp.180-181 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.29
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evidence:-   site plan:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Burneside Hall
item:-  gatehouse
source data:-   Site plan, lithograph, Burneside Hall, Gate, Burneside, Strickland Roger, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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On p.256 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at top:-  "Burneside Hall: Gate"
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.51
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evidence:-   site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936
placename:-  Burneside Hall
source data:-   Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Burneside Hall Strickland Roger, Westmorland, scale about 1 to 290, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London, 1936.
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On p.223 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. 
printed, middle  "BURNESIDE HALL / STRICKLAND ROGER"
RCHME no. Wmd, Strickland Roger 1 
item:-  Armitt Library : A745.132
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Burneside Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BURNESIDE HALL / / HALL ROAD / STRICKLAND ROGER / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 76431 / SD5103995970"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GATEHOUSE TO SOUTH WEST OF BURNESIDE HALL AND ADJOINING CURTAIN WALL / / HALL ROAD / STRICKLAND ROGER / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76432 / SD5099395932"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Gatehouse and Wall. Possibly Medieval. South end demolished and new gable erected post 1690. Stone rubble walls,graduated green slate roof. 2 storeys. Round headed archway with stone voussoirs. Massive two-leaved oak studded door with dog gate and strap-hinges possibly original. 2 timber mullioned windows over. See also R.C.H.M. p.224"

evidence:-   old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.3 no.63) 
placename:-  Burnshead Hall
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Burnshead Hall, Westmorland, ie Burneside, drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by H Wallis, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1835.
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vol.3 pl.63 in the set of prints, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated. Gipsies camping by the pond. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "T. Allom. / H. Wallis. / BURNSHEAD HALL, WESTMORLAND. / FISHER, SON &CO. LONDON, 1835."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.54
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notes:-  
14th century tower, hall, barmkin etc

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustrations

hearsay:-  
Said to be where a film called 'Owd Bob', about a sheep dog, was made

hearsay:-  
Dates back to 1275. There is a 14th century pele tower, parts of a barmkin and gatehouse, and traces of a moat. Domestic building was enlarged in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Palmer, J H & McIntire, W T (ed): 1945: Historic Farmhouses in and around Westmorland: Westmorland Gazette (Kendal, Westmorland)

personal
person:-   poet
 : Brathwaite, Richard
place:-   birthplace

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